Anchor Supplies visit

I paid a visit to Anchor supplies army surplus store in order to purchase some vintage supplies for my project, and with the hope of being inspired. I was accompanied on the trip by fellow juniour designer Faye Currie.
We both searched the dank and fusty warehouses for something to bring merit and personality to our projects. I found a large variety of different button, original uniform patches, maps and many interesting elements to incorperate in my project.
Here are a few snaps from my visit, and of some purchases:

Medals and Medal Ribbons

I found this topic to be most patriotic and the one which i could best express what the British empire meant to me, largely because I have a passion for history and I found that through this topic I could express many concepts and emotions important to me, Which was an important factor as I still felt a keeness to make the project very personal.

Here are some of my early studies of medals: